The Delta Queen label from Klein Family Farms, Stockton, Calif., will be back on supermarket shelves this season after a misapplied herbicide wiped out its asparagus crop in 2015, said James Paul, director of sales and m

It was too early to predict in late January exactly when California's 2017 asparagus crop will kick off, but when it does, probably in early to mid-March, growers anticipate good volume and good quality.